Awakening To The Rainy Seasons Rhythms
The season of the blessed rains is T commemorated throughout the world. Native American Hopis show reverence and gratitude to nature at the end of the Kachina dances. Kachinas are supernatural beings that help to safeguard and protect tribes. Young men who are considered to be pure of heart perform these dances in order to bring rain and healing energies to the whole community. And in Celtic tradition the Lammas, the first loaf of bread to be baked from the harvest, is placed on the altar as anoffering of gratitude to Mother Nature. Aligning with the rhythms of the rainy season will help you achieve inner cleansing and physical and emotional realignment. Use the reforming energy heralded by this season to go indoors and reorganise not only your thoughts but also your physical living and working space. Clean out your files and closets, catch up on neglected paperwork, reorganise your home, especially the kitchen and office areas, and as you do, re-evaluate the choices you've made since the last rainy season, redirectingthem as necessary. This is a great opportunity to revoke your intention to live a life of inner harmony and ahimsa. Since the entire universe is experiencing this vibration of reform, it helps your mind immensely to attune to be and be in balance with the greater energies of the cosmos. During the rainy season the earth releases more gases into the atmosphere, and this tends to aggravatevata, the bodily air humour. Further aggravation is created by the dampness of the rains and the higher acidity in the water at this time. The rainy season comes at a time when the body is at its point of lowest vitality. Even though the rainy season marks the beginning of a period of strengthening, the body becomes vulnerable, and its resistance to the onslaught of the rains diminishes Vata-nourishing foods and activities are the magic balm to relieve typical rainy season symptoms such as anxiety, arthritis, constipation, distension, emaciation, fearfulness, insomnia, memory loss and nervous disorders. Vata may be nourished at this time by light, warm, sweet and semi-unctuous foods. Brown rice, wheat and barley are excellent grains forthis season... Pitta, the body's fire humour, and kapha, the body's water humour, are also moderately affected by excessive wetness. To remedy this lessen your intake of fluids but drink warm stimulating teas such as mint, licorice, vetiver and ginger. Seasonal vegetables such as beets, carrots, fresh corn, daikon and squashes should be well cooked. Eat sautéed greens in moderation and reduce the consumption of beans during this season. tree The rainy season brings with it pelting down rains that force us indoors. Sitting inside listening to the hypncrhythm of the raindrop naturally cajoles the mind inwards and can promote a spirit of comfort when w engage in the appropriate activities Organising your living and working spaces helps you gently transition ia calm and sheltered space within self where you can experience LivinAhimsa, the profound power of peahen you apply yourself to clearout the accumulated glut of old filesdrawers, cabinets and closets-and cing up on neglected paperwork-yoube surprised to feel an abundanceofenergy surging from within. This vital energy helps you creathe mental and emotional inner spare-evaluate your choices and redirethem as necessary; a great opportuto make a solid investment in your future inner harmony. Your retooliactivitiesat this timewill garner poharmonicsupport from the cosmos
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